Guardianship Financial Assistance Program

For low income families that have an incapacitated loved one residing in Ft. Bend County (Needville, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Rosenberg, Richmond, Fulshear, and Stafford) and it’s been determined that guardianship is the only alternative to ensuring the protection and well-being of the individual (also known as the ward), the guardianship financial assistance program is available. Qualifications for this program:

3. Potential ward must be totally incapacitated – verification required by a licensed medical doctor. If diagnosis is an intellectual disability, verification can be done by a licensed psychologist that conducts the intellectual disability assessments.

4. Income eligibility – The financial assistance program can help families that are up to 250% above the poverty level. This is a sliding scale fee program. If your total family income is 125% above the poverty level or less, you may qualify for full assistance because of our partnership with Fort Bend Lawyers Care. If your income is between 126% to 250%, you may qualify for partial assistance. Click on the image below for an income guideline to see if you might qualify. You will be required to provide provide proof of income.

5. Only seeking guardianship of the person. The financial assistance program in not able to help with guardianship of the estate cases.

6. Potential guardianship must be non-contested. This means that no one will object to the potential guardian becoming the guardian of the ward.

The abilitiy to offer the Guardianship Assistance Program is partly because of our partnership with Fort Bend Lawyers’ Care (FBLC).FBLC is a non-profit corporation that provides legal services to low-income citizens by coordinating a process to allow volunteer attorneys to accept legal cases of qualified clients.

DISCLAIMER: The information presented on guardianship and alternatives to guardianship on this website is only information. It in no way can be taken as legal advice since Brazos Bend Guardianship Services nor any of its' employees are authorized to practice law.